Internet Crime

The Internet has opened up countless opportunities for hackers to take advantage of people. Whether a hacker's motive is to steal private information to use for personal gain or to simply put others at a disadvantage by infecting computers with viruses, Internet crime needs to be stopped. Just because physical property is not stolen or damaged does not make it okay. One of the biggest problems with most criminals, even hackers, is that they do not believe that they are doing anything wrong. Thankfully there are many agencies that have been created to stop Internet crime; it is impossible for every victim of a crime to track down the offender who put him or her at harm. I believe that it is important for people to know what is allowed or not allowed to do with computers. The simple knowledge that you are doing something wrong can help to keep you from doing it. The Internet was created to help people quickly and easily transfer information. It was intended to be only a good thing. However, bad people have taken advantage of it and have caused infinite amounts of damage. I hope that Internet crime will some day be controlled and stopped so that we can all use the Internet only for good.